The city was founded in I century BC, it was declared the capital from the III century BC. At the V century AF The church of Svetitskhoveli rises in the center of the city, this church has always been and remains the Christian center of Orthodox Georgia, where Georgian kings and representatives of the royal family of Bagrationi were crowned and buried. According to the legends, the great sanctity of the Georgian Church, the Heaton of the Lord, is kept at the base of Svetitskhoveli. Near Mtskheta is one of the oldest monasteries in the country, called Jvari (VI century). From the area near the church is a charming view of the city.

In Samtavro a small IV century church has been preserved, in this monastery is the miraculous icon of the Iberian Mother of God, the miraculous icon of St. Nino, the tombs of the holy kings Mirian and…